Beautiful. My son and I were in the surf at Forster main beach back in April 2021. A grey nurse slid past us about 2 meters away, and it scared the daylights out of us lol. Seeing this I can see now we were ok. Sadly a few weeks later in May 2021 not long after we had our encounter a surfer was killed by a GW at Tuncurry beach. I’m glad we met the grey nurse and not the local GW 🥺 lol Question… did one of the grey nurses have a line / wire or something stuck in their mouth?
They are really quite relaxed during the day. From what I’ve been told they have a dominant structure where they swim at different depths depending on their size. Smallest at the bottom and largest at the top. That’s why they swim away from you if you dive down towards them as they see you as a larger shark to give way to. If you can hold your breath and dive down before they arrive, you can lay on the seabed and they will swim straight over you. Bush rangers Bay near Wollongong is great for that. Worth pulling in if you head down south. And yes, that poor one had some kind of hook and mine stuck in his mouth. The hook should rust away and fall off……….one day!
A most beautiful and graceful creature…sweet vid
Beautiful. My son and I were in the surf at Forster main beach back in April 2021. A grey nurse slid past us about 2 meters away, and it scared the daylights out of us lol. Seeing this I can see now we were ok. Sadly a few weeks later in May 2021 not long after we had our encounter a surfer was killed by a GW at Tuncurry beach. I’m glad we met the grey nurse and not the local GW 🥺 lol
Question… did one of the grey nurses have a line / wire or something stuck in their mouth?
They are really quite relaxed during the day. From what I’ve been told they have a dominant structure where they swim at different depths depending on their size. Smallest at the bottom and largest at the top. That’s why they swim away from you if you dive down towards them as they see you as a larger shark to give way to. If you can hold your breath and dive down before they arrive, you can lay on the seabed and they will swim straight over you. Bush rangers Bay near Wollongong is great for that. Worth pulling in if you head down south. And yes, that poor one had some kind of hook and mine stuck in his mouth. The hook should rust away and fall off……….one day!
@@sydneysnorkllingmeetup9611 hi, thankyou for your reply and beautiful video once again.